[access-uk] Re: reading printed books
- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 09:02:37 +0000
Hi
Unfortunately I can't find any books with that title on iBooks either. If the
books have pictures and so on which I suspect they do, disco will not be able
to work with these anyway as these digital devices can only scan text they will
strip out any images.
The best of luck to you, Ebrahim.
Sent from my iPhone
On 7 Jan 2013, at 06:17, "andrew shipp" <andrew.shipp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> title The expert gardener, is the main name of the books.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Georgina Joyce
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 1:02 AM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: reading printed books
>
> Hello Andy,
>
> I've just looked on Amazon but I wasn't to clear to what books you are
> referring to. You might get on with a Kindle with a physical keyboard. I
> put expert gardener into the kindle search but I couldn't see any
> memtion of a greenhouse book. Do you know the author? Or is it a
> magazine? Who is the publisher? Nor does Amazon have any printed book of
> that name.
>
> I don't know if you knew that Gardener's World do a digital edition of
> their magazine. It appears that one issue is £3.80. I'm assuming that
> there would be a number of pictures but some useful text. You could ask
> on the VIPhone list if anyone has tried this magazine for accessibility.
>
> http://www.finddigitalmagazines.co.uk/ipad-magazines-all/gardeners-world-ipad-magazine-digital-magazine-subscription/
>
> HTH
>
> Gena
>
>
>
>
> On 06/01/2013 23:26, andrew shipp wrote:
>> Hi I'm wanting to read the expert gardener books, I've been in shops
>> asking for these on audio disk and they aren't available at all. I've
>> looked on one of the sites for downloading audio books from and still
>> they are not available. I do have a Iphone 4, but I am not very good
>> in using it, I'm thinking of selling it just now. the main book I
>> want out of these is the expert gardener greenhouse
>> I would be very grateful if you could find it for me, but at the
>> sametime I'll be surprised
>> -----Original Message----- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu
>> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 10:36 PM
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: reading printed books
>>
>> Hi Andrew.
>>
>> These machines will only scan in to a text format and then read out
>> using synthetic speech, this can also be achieved without having the
>> bother of scanning by buying the books electronically as I've indicated
>> in my mail. Perhaps you could email me off list with the books you want
>> to read, I could find out whether they are available in IBooks on my
>> iphone and let you know of the cost. Do you own any apple ddevices at
>> the moment such as an Ipod Touch?
>>
>> All the best, Ibrahim.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 6 Jan 2013, at 22:29, "andrew shipp" <andrew.shipp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> the books I'm mainly in to, are not available in audio format
>>> so this is why I want one of these machines.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 10:20 PM
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: reading printed books
>>>
>>> Hi Emma.
>>>
>>> You either didn't read my email propperly or misunderstood my meaning.
>>> Either way, I was suggesting that the purchase of an electronic book
>>> might be a preference to buying an expensive scanning device and
>>> spending the time to scan, proof read and if necessary edit the text.
>>> If the book is for pleasure reading, many titles are sold on platforms
>>> like Kindle for which there is an accessible PC version and IBooks for
>>> the
>>> Iphone, Ipod, Ipad etc. This would certainly be more efficient a way
>>> of accessing the material and possibly even more convenient and
>>> considerably cheaper.
>>>
>>> All the best, Ibrahim.
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On 6 Jan 2013, at 22:03, emma goodwin <emma.sleeptalk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You can't do everything on your phone. Everyone wants to make
>>>> everything about their phone but their are some things that dedicated
>>>> machines like scanners can do. Yes, phone apps have their place but
>>>> they are still limited and not as strong as the hardware devices. This
>>>> is my opinion but I really think people don't always consider what
>>>> these things. Yes a phone is useful but it is not made to do the job
>>>> of what a hardware scanner can do.
>>>>
>>>> On 1/6/13, Ibrahim Gucukoglu <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> Have you considered purchasing the books electronically? Many books are
>>>>> available as a box on kindle all your iPhone so it is well worth
>>>>> looking at
>>>>> this as an option as opposed to buying a dedicated scanning device.
>>>>>
>>>>> All the best, Abraham.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6 Jan 2013, at 20:58, "andrew shipp" <andrew.shipp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Derek Ok many thanks I did look on there and had a read up of it,
>>>>>> sounds interesting I'm only thinking of one of these because I've
>>>>>> bought
>>>>>> in the last year four MFP printers and not one of them will
>>>>>> scan my
>>>>>> books one page at a time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Peter Beasley
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 6:48 PM
>>>>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: reading printed books
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And probably a rip off.
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Hornby"
>>>>>> <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 4:24 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: reading printed books
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Andrew
>>>>>>> Try looking here:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.sightandsound.co.uk/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The details and price should be on that site.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards, Derek
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> [mailto:access-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>>>>>> On Behalf Of andrew shipp
>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 3:42 PM
>>>>>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: reading printed books
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How does the freedom one work? do you have to scan the book in to
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> machine or just place it under what ever picks the text up I need
>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>> info can |I read about these on the internet?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu
>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 3:10 PM
>>>>>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: reading printed books
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Freedom the scientific and humanware do such machines. The freedom
>>>>>>> aside
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> take option is called Sarah as in scanning and reading appliance
>>>>>>> and uses
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> camera. You can also get software solutions and use either an
>>>>>>> external
>>>>>>> flat
>>>>>>> bed scanner all digital camera to capture the text. All the best,
>>>>>>> Abraham.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 6 Jan 2013, at 15:07, "andrew shipp" <andrew.shipp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Please could anyone tell me of a machine that will read
>>>>>>>> aloud a
>>>>>>>> printed book? I've just heard this afternoon that such a
>>>>>>>> machine does
>>>>>>>> exist. also about the price I could expect to pay for one of these
>>>>>>>> such
>>>>>>>> machines.
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